The Unfolding - chestnut shells in sunlight Drawing

These shells were drawn after watching squirrels climb the tree, knock them to the ground and scramble back down to crack them open and eat the contents. I gathered the discarded chestnut shells and sat on a near by step and drew them. I like the work of the Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, there is a mindfulness to sketching in nature. When sketching these chestnut shells you became aware of the life cycle of the tree they came from. A discarded chestnut that grew to become a tree and feed squirrels who would again aid the growth of another tree with some of their dissuaded bounty. The cycle of life that continues if left uninterrupted by humans. That day felt like a day in an uninterrupted paradise, no traffic sounds just the sounds of nature, the breeze rustling through the leaves, the sound of insects and the squirrels going about their business. I chose to leave it unfinished to let the viewers eye daydream off the page, to leave some room for imagination as sometimes there is a deadness to perfectly completed images, maybe like life always better when incomplete and there is something to dream into ..... We can’t ever know how life will work out, what road it will take for us. If we’re wise we learn to live in the day & let the uncertainty, the unknown, the unfinished take care of itself .... knowing we did all we could to add to it’s unfolding by living this day in our best way.... and waiting & watching the bigger picture unfold.

Drawing:Pencil on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11 W x 8 H x 1 D in

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